Steam roller accusations overshadow 1912 convention
Chicago dispatch reports the Republican National Committee dismissed 25 contests for seats in the national convention as Lowden forces gain 28 delegates. Senator Moses denounces a Wood favored “steam roller” tactic used in southern states and warns of procedural collapses aimed at skewing the early ballot.
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Chicago
SMD Journal
Lee
Republican National Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
General Wood
Lowdon
National Committee
St. Louis
Washington
Wood
Weather Forecast for Denver and Southwest Regions
Denver area June 4 unsettled Saturday with local showers likely and warmer Sunday partly cloudy and warmer. Arizona forecast shows western region fair and unsettled east Saturday, then cooler but fair on Sunday.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Arizona
Weather Summary From University Report
Conditions for the twenty four hours ended at 6 p m yesterday reported by the university. Observed high temperature and humidity figures with low cloud cover and light precipitation. Wind direction noted from the southwest with gentle to moderate velocity. Overall the day described as cloudy and humid with variable conditions.
Facing Marriage or Nationalization Lydia Zelinskara Chooses Marriage
In Geneva a Moscow school mistress Lydia Zelinskara says Bolshevik official pressed her to marry a cabinet leader or be nationalized. She agreed to a nominal marriage with Swiss diplomat Nicolas Weiss using flour as payment to a Russian priest. She later sued for absolute divorce. the decree was granted.
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Geneva
Lydia Zelinskara
Moscow
Lenine
Boshevik
Zelinskara
Nicholas Weiss
Appenzen
Weiss
Russia
Marseilles
Miss Zelinskamn
Conference report on mine revision adopted by senate
The conference report on the mine revision legislation was adopted by the senate this morning and now goes to the president. In other items Nicholas Murray Butler, candidate for the Republican nomination, plans a Chicago stop with his daughter. Governor Beeckman of Rhode Island is mentioned as a possible convention pick for the free presidency. Ukrainian officials report Bolshevik executions in Galicia and atrocities alleged against them. The United States railway labor board meets to set wage increase schedules with hearings likely in Washington and a possible decision within ninety days.
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Dane
Senate
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Chicago
Bibs Wite
Deta
Davion Will Eamn
Butler
Dune
KE. Beeckman
Rhode Deland
United States Railway Dabor Board
Belone Truday
Gobo Ite
Rrr Ae CO Ce
Abe
Conmission
Washington
Hoover Group Reports California Campaign Expenditures
Warren Gregory of the Hoover California club testified to the Senate committee that California and western states campaigns cost 83 210.72 dollars. He said most workers were volunteers, with the largest single subscription 3000 dollars from a lifelong Hoover friend, and criticized Johnson managers for pressuring paid hires.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Warren Gregory
Hoover Republican Club of
California
Senate Committee
Pacific Coast
Gregory
Hoover
Johnson
Associated Press
Senate
Leonard Wood
Horsee S. Stebbins
New York
Wood National Campaign Committee
Wood National Fund
Kenyon
Stebbins
Canadian Woods
Wood
Sprague
San Francisco
McCabe
Ban Francises
Los Angeles
Pac
Jobraeon
Johnnson
Johnnson Publicity and Huge Bitboard Ane Atate. the State of California
Koover
Governor Lowden Backs Prohibition Enforcement Act
Chicago June 4 Governor Frank Lowden urged preservation and full effect of the Volstead act, opposing evasion. He denied accepting campaign contributions linked to Louis Eumenson and dismissed criticisms of the league of nations with reservations aligned to Lodge proposals.
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Chicago
Frank ©. Lowden
Lowden
Goldstein and Moore
St. Louis
Louis Euymerson
Lowdon
Senate Investiguting
National Committee of the Convention Credentials Committee
League of Nations
Johnson
Benatar Lodge
Yale Faculty Protest Foreign Interference in Affairs
Sixty six Yale University faculty members sent to Congress a protest against congressional resolutions for Great Britain and Ireland. They urged the U S government not interfere with the domestic affairs of friendly nations and recalled past protests against foreign interference during other wars.
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EPEC
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Eronm
Great Firliam
Ireland
Genoa Harbor Dredges Coal Market Reopens
Genoa undertakes dredging in the harbor to recover coal spilled during years of coaling operations. The reclaimed coal is sold at roughly 120 dollars per ton, reflecting Italy's coal shortage.
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Genoa
Italy
Abe Martin to Cover National Conventions for Morning Journal
Abe Martin, famed humorist, will report on both the Republican and Democratic national conventions for the Morning Journal. He has been in Chicago gathering material as the shows open next Tuesday with his first article due Sunday morning.
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Abe Martin
Morning Journal
Abe
Chicago
Journal
June
Women set up base for picket line at convention
Leaders of the national woman's party rented a shop opposite the Coliseum to serve as a base for a protest picket at the Republican National Convention. Alice Paul chairs the party and says the Republican Party could enfranchise women at any time, with delegates to be addressed through banners and demonstrations.
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Morning Journal
Efecial
Chicago
National Woman's Party Today
Misa Alice Paul
Mixes Paul
Republican Party
Womans Party
Pineapple Prices Raised By Maui Firm For Next Year
Wailuku Maui June 4 An increase this coming year of 123 a ton or ten dollars and ninety six cents per ton will be paid to pineapple growers for first class fruit by Haiku Fruit and Packing Company. If general across the district, six to seven million dollars will be divided between packers and growers.
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LEY Morning Journal
Wailuku
Island of Maui
T.hl
Haiku Fruit and Packing Company of
Maui
Ucter
Retaliation Urged Against M E Church Inaters
Francis Wilson, retiring president of the Actors' Equity Association, urged retaliation against the Methodist Episcopal Church by withholding benefit performances until its blue laws banning theater attendance are repealed. He argued actors earned respect from all creeds for wartime services and should not be denied access.
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New York
Methodist Hoscopal Church
Francis Wilson
Actors’ Munity Association
Dmethodiat Episcopal Church
Polk resigns as Under Secretary of State to Wilson
Washington June 4 Under Secretary of State Frank L Polk has tendered his resignation to President Wilson effective June 15 Norman H Davis an assistant secretary of the treasury and adviser at Paris will succeed him Polk retires for health reasons after five years in the state department and plans a long rest before returning to private law practice in New York City
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Washington
Frank L. Polk
Wilson
Norman H. Davis
the Treasury
Paris
Polk
State Department
Congress
New York City
Western Conference outdoor track final at Ferry Field
Athletes from twenty four midwest and western universities converge at Ann Arbor for the Western Conference outdoor track and field championships finals on Ferry Field. Preliminary events narrowed the field from 175 entrants as Illinois leads the predicted contenders with California and Wisconsin regarded as threats. The meet影响 Olympic selections for Antwerp 1920.
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Morning Journal
Ann Arbor
Mich
Jane
Track State
University of California
Ferry Field
American Olympic Committee
America
Antwerp
University of Illinois
Wisconsin
Mob Attacks Ireland Police Barracks in Munster
Large group armed with bombs and rifles attacked a police barracks in Munster Ireland this morning. Police two sergeants and constables repelled the raid from the roof while the adjacent courthouse was set ablaze. The battle ended with the raiders withdrawing.
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Ireland
Ereci
Leaseo Wine
Cappoghehite
Munster
Raepide
Bergdoll Draft Evader Believed Driving Toward Mexican Border
Justice department and local authorities pursue Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the escaped draft evader, as a three man motor party headed toward Arizona and possibly Mexico. Car description and suspect attributes shared with Bergdoll prompted statewide alerts in seven Arizona counties and watch on continental routes through New Mexico.
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JY Morning Journal
LEA So
Phoenix
Ariz
Department of Justice
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Mexico
Bergdoll
San Antonio
Bureau of Investigation
Governors Island
N. Y
Philadelphia
Southwest
Louisville
Kentucky
Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande
Gorutiny. i
Bergdoll Sightings Reported in Kentucky Areas
Government agents said Grover Bergdoll was reported in Lexington Middlesboro and Louisville within a week as rumors spread that he was headed toward the Mexican border. They denied involvement in the reports and said they were without clues.
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Louisville
Grover Bergdoll
Lexington
Middlesboro
Elies
Bergdoll
Nine-Year-Old Musician to Direct Band at Convention
Chicago June 4. John Handell aged 9 grandson of a famed Chicago band director will lead the band of about 1000 musicians at the opening of the Republican convention. A march titled The Republican composed by his father will be played and a baton presented to his father by Theodore Roosevelt posthumously. The baton is made from wood reclaimed during Roosevelt’s expedition up the river of doubt.
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OY Morning Journal
Chicago
John Handell
Theodore Roosevelt
Fivragil
Steamship Engines Changing From Oil to Coal Burners
Shortage of fuel oil forces Pacific Mail Steamship Co to convert eight oil burning feeder steamers in the Far East to coal burners. Vessels for the supplementary service were allocated by the United States Shipping Board. Other companies in Far Eastern waters reportedly may follow suit.
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Morning Journal
San Francisco
Calif
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Far East
United States Shipping Board
Far Eastern
Mars sees first autumn snowfall reported from Isidis region
Harvard College Observatory received a telegram from Prof. William H. Pickering in Mandeville Jamaica describing the first snowfall on Mars. The message places the snow near Isidis and Syrtis Major, noting autumn conditions on the planet.
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LOY Morning Journal
Cambridge
Mass
Inc
Autumen
Mars
Harvard College Observatory
William H. Pickering
Mandeville
Jamaica
Isidis
lSyrtia Major
Additional Delegates Chalked Up In Lowden Column
National committee decisions favor Illinois Governor Lowden as his supporters claim added delegates are allotted. The column notes favorable outcomes and outlines implications for the campaign.
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Lowden
National Committee
Illinois
Georgia Delegates Ruling Sparks Row and Jig
In a lively hearing, the Republican National Committee seated Henry Lincoln Johnson led Georgia delegates and four at large seats for Lowden. Georgia contest proceedings, amid race issue tensions, included threats to witnesses and accusations of machine rule.
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Lowen
Lowden
South Carolina
Tolbert
Tennessee
R. R. Church
Memphis
Georgia
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Atlanta
Senate
Frank H. Hitchcock
General Wood
Johnson
lLowden
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